On Monday 2003 November 10 21:38, Han Maenen wrote: > Jeans are sized by the inch (alas) in Germany and elsewhere, because they > are from American origin )Levies); other trousers are not. Clothing sizes > are a mess > anyway. We are still waiting for sensible ISO standards for sizing > clothing, that should ban the inch once and for all for all types of > garments. Legally nothing can be done against it, as these are not units > used for trade, but used as a size. lets hope for 2010.
See http://www.bsi.org.uk/News/Releases/2003/October/n3f9953e58c3df.xalter -- Chris KEENAN UK Metric Assoc: www.metric.org.uk
